Warfare in News

Posted on Friday 14th October

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Only £19.99

Healing in Hell

(Hardback - 180 pages)
by Ken Adams

Like many thousands of other unsuspecting young soldiers, Ken Adams was sent out to the Far East during the Second World War. He immediately saw action on the Malay Peninsula before being captured at Singapore. As a trained medic he was initially assigned to work at Changi Hospital, where conditions were bad enough. However, this was only the start of the three-year ordeal and many moves and far worse camps in Thailand were to follow.Read more...

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Dates in History

Dardanelles

19th February 1915

The First World War: British and French forces begin the bombardment of Turkish positions in the Dardanelles.
Winston Churchill's obsession with the Dardanelles had fatal consequences for many thousands of servicemen. Moreover it almost destroyed the career of the most influential British figure of this Century. Penn's latest work examines in depth an extraordinary and ill-matched politico/military relationship which was to have the most far-reaching results.

Further Reading

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